Electronics and technology giant Samsung is rolling out its Samsung Internet 19.0 beta which provides new powerful features to help protect users against online threats from trackers and makes the browsing experience more convenient than ever.
The beta version is available for download on the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store.
Commenting on the new product, Janghyun Yoon, EVP and Head of S/W Platform at Mobile eXperience Business, Samsung Electronics said, “Trackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated at avoiding detection and collecting personal information without the awareness or consent of the person being tracked. We want users to have the safest, smoothest browsing experience possible. That’s why we have improved Smart anti-tracking, to give users more control over their privacy so they can browse with peace of mind.”
Samsung Internet 18.0 brought in a lot of improvements to the Smart anti-tracking functionality, helping prevent cross-site trackers from using techniques for getting around tracker blocking. This Smart anti-tracking prevented trackers from using advanced redirecting techniques such as Canonical Name (CNAME) cloaking or delayed bounce to collect user data.
Now, this latest iteration of Samsung Internet will take the AI-powered function a step further. Enhanced Smart anti-tracking aims to detect domains that collude with classified trackers and immediately apply protection.
Samsung Internet 19.0 beta helps users easily check their tracking protection with the new Privacy Info feature. By simply tapping the Lock Icon in the address bar, users can verify how secure their connection is to the website, see how many trackers have been blocked, check for and delete cookies and instantly allow or block permissions for location, camera and microphone.
Users can now also visualize how well their privacy settings are working with a chart showing the number of ads blocked per day for the past week. Samsung Internet 19.0 beta continues to make navigating the web more intuitive.
The Add-ons menu is a great way for users to personalize and enhance their browsing experience. With Samsung Internet 19.0 beta, these add-ons now work in Secret mode, so users don’t need to choose between privacy and customized experiences. The features can be turned on and off easily from the Add-ons menu, for greater control.
Samsung Internet users can also now enjoy a more connected browsing experience, with the ability to sync users’ bookmarks between PC Chrome browser and Samsung Internet mobile browsers by using Samsung Internet’s Chrome Extension.Users can easily access their favorite websites on their PC from bookmarks saved on their smartphones and vice versa.
Samsung Internet 19.0 is planned to launch officially in 4Q 2022. Samsung Internet users receive a notification when the new version becomes available.
